Ice-cream mold and dipper



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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

FRED D. CLARK, OF MCDONALD, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREAM MOLD AND DIPPER.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,188, datedNovember 10, 1896.

Application filed March 20, 1896. Serial No. 584,094. (No model.)

$0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED D. CLARK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at McDonald, in the county-of Washington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Molds and Dippers, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inice-cream molds and clippers, and has for its object to construct a moldand dipper that will be self-cleaning, that is, when emptying thecontents will be removed from the sides-of the mold without the aid of aknife or scrapers arranged within the dipper and fitting against thesides thereof, as in the ordinary construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mold and dipper, asabove described, that will be extremely simple in itsconstruction,strong, durable, effectual in its operation, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture; furthermore, a mold that willonly re quire the one hand to operate, which is not the case with theordinary construction.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter morespecifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatiomand whereinlike letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews, in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improved icecream moldand dipper, showing the same in the closed position. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the same in the open position. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional View of the mold and dipper.

In the drawings, A represents the mold, which is preferably cone shapedin form and is composed of two sections hinged together. In practice Ihave found it preferable to hinge these two sections together bystamping the tin or other suitable material composing the same so as toform strap-hinges,through which is inserted a wire B extending th eentire length of the mold, and then bent to extend through the middle ofthe same about two-thirds of its length, and is provided with apointedend, so as to offer no resistance to the cream or other substance onwhich it is desired to use the dipper or mold.

On the outer surface of the free ends of the sections forming the moldare secured clamps or sockets O 0, adapted to receive the ends of thehandle D. This handle is composed of one piece of wire, which is formedin an oblong shape to constitute the body portion of the same. The freeends of the wire then extend in alinement with the oblong-shaped bodyportion for a short distance, when they converge toward and cross eachother and engage in the clamps or sockets O C, secured on the sectionsof the mold.

The operation of my improved mold and dipper will be readily apparentfrom the views of the same which I have shown in the drawings, but toenable those unskilled in the art to thoroughly understand the manner ofusing the same'I will give a-further explanation.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown the mold in the form in which itis used for dipping the cream. When the mold is forced into thecream,the cream entering the mold will be pressed in the shape of a cone, andwhen extracted from the vessel containing the cream is held over thesaucer or plate adapted to receive the same, when the two sides of thehandle are forced together, which operation will, by reason of the endsof the handle on each side engaging in the clamps of the oppositesection, force the two sections apart, as shown in Fig. 2, and allow thecream to fall into the plate or saucer provided to receive the same.When the two sections are forced apart,the rod B,extending through themiddle of the mold, will assist in retaining the mass together andpartly prevent it from adhering to the sides of the mold. It will befound, however, that when the sections are forced apart the destroyingof the cone around the cream will in most cases be sufficient to preventthe adhering of the cream to the sides of the same. By this constructionof a mold many advantages are obtained over the mold requiring bothhands to operate, as in this construction one hand is left free tohandle the saucers or plates, which is not the case with the ordinaryconstruction.

It will be observed that when the pressure on the handle is released thespring formed by the construction of the handle shown will be sufficientto retract the two sections and form the cone, when the dipper willagain be ready for use. i

It will be observed also that various changes may be made in the detailsof construction Without departing from the general spirit of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an ice-cream mold and dipper, the combination with the hingedcone-shaped mold, clamps or sockets secured near the free ends of thetwo sections, a handle composed of one piece of wire formed in an oblongshape for the body portion with the free ends crossed and engaging inthe clamps or sockets, of a combination of a suitable shaped moldcomposed of any suitable material, and formed in sections hingedtogether, a coiled handle having its free ends crossed and secured tothe sections, thus forming a spring to return the mold to its originalshape after opening, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED D. CLARK. W'itnesses:

ALFRED M. WVILSON, H. E. SEIBERT.

